Brake Pad change intervals on D4

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

great when its just a single vehicle driven by someone who will never drive anything heavier or at its full load capability. not something you want people who are potentially going to be learning to drive trucks to pick up.

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I did say normal driving. I also drive a semi and use the Jacob's brake to save the brakes but do so in order to have cold brakes for emergency stopping when using gears wont do the job, nothing to do with not wearing out the brakes.

My D4 3lt has 49k on it and still got 80% left on them,
back and front about the same wear
but we are semi rural, no city driving.
and remember 3lt and 2.7lt have different brake packages


Cheers Ken

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Originally Posted by roamer

and remember 3lt and 2.7lt have different brake packages

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Thats exactly what I was thinking too Ken.
I was wondering if mine is using brake pads quicker because its the 3.0Lt (being a different brake set up).
I still think that it goes through brake pads way too quick, especially compared to others.
I'm certainly not going to use the transmission for brake assistance, as I don't think you should have to.

Cheers, Craig